The NetBeans 7.4 “New and Noteworthy” feature list is taking shape. There seems to be good progress on HTML5 support including features for PhoneGap sample projects, support for Android and iOS browsers. Also there are a number of improvements in the areas of VCS plugins (Subversion, Mercurial, etc), PHP, and Java EE5. See the full [...]

To create custom plugins and functionality for Atlassian products, you can download and use the Atlassian plugin SDK following instructions here : https://developer.atlassian.com/display/DOCS/Installing+the+Atlassian+Plugin+SDK The key part is to add the atlassian SDK BIN directory to your path. After the plugin project is initially created the Maven project comes up as “unloadable” in the NetBeans Projects [...]

If you are browsing around the NetBeans Wiki you may have noticed the NetBeans 7.2 features “New and Noteworthy” have started to develop. http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB72 There are some interesting planned features such as the ability to import/export projects a zip files, the Maven repositories are getting their own top-level node in the Services window instead of [...]

In a wonderful article from Geertjan Wielenga, NetBeans is highlighted over Eclipse in its selection by Microchip to power its IDE for MPLAB. Check it out here : http://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/open_source_framework_powers_latest

The NetBeans team has released a patch for NetBeans IDE 7.0.1. The patch includes bug fixes in modules for Java, Maven, C/C++, RCP Platform, HTML editor, Java Profiler GUI Builder, and more. Detailed list of bugs can be found here : https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?status_whiteboard=701patch1&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr Get the patch info here : http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans7.0PatchesInfo

The NetBeans team has just made available a wide set of patches for NetBeans IDE 6.8. The patches address numerous issues in the C/C++, JavaFX, and JSF modules. Fixes are also included for Java web apps, IDE platform, and RCP support. View the entire list of patch fixes at the NetBeans Wiki : http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans6.8PatchesInfo